Cushion-heel for shoes.



J. G. DAUBERT.

GUsHION HEEL FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 190B.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Qct, 19, 1909.

' Application filedfieptembcr 25;, 1963. Serial No. 454:,150.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. DAUBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loudonville,.in the county ofAshland and State of Ohio, havcdnvented. certain new and useful Improvements in 'CushioirHeels for Shoes, of which thefollowing is a specification. v

This invention has for its obicct asimple, durable and eiiicient construction oil-cushion heel for boots and shoes, which may be cheaply and'easily manufactured and read ily applied to the boot or shoe,.-a'nd which in actual use will, in addition to the characteristic of durability, possess the characteristic of-comfort to the wearer'without'the unhygienic and unplessantefiects' of rubber cushions th'atare worn inside the shoe and without the stealthy appearanceor feel ing which is incident to the use of cushion ,heels with a rubber, on similar compressible tread surface.

With these and other objects in view which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain" constructions and arrangements of the parts,

that I shall'hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding ofthe invention and the merits thereof, and to acquire aknowledge of the deta'ilsf'of construction,- re'ference is to be. had to the following do soription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is aside elevation'ot my improved hel, the some being shown applied, and partly broken away; and, Fig.2 is a botto'rn plan view partly broken away? Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indi-- cated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. r

My improved cushion heel comprises, as

l a complete article of manufacture, two layers or lifts 1' and 2 which may be formed of leather or similar incompressible substance I or material, and a. relatively thick cushion layer 3 inter osed between'the layers 1, and 2, formed'og soft rubber or some similar compressible substance orvmaterial. These parts are preferably connected together bya line of stitching t which extends throu h all of the parts around or spaced from ,t e marginal edges thereof, following the contour of said ed es, as clearly illustrated in the drawing. he layer or lift Q, which is the outermost layer when the device is in use and applied to the heel of a boot or shoe.

is formed around its margin with aseries of apertures 5. The intermediate compressible layer or cushion 3 is correspondingly formed with openings '6 extending there-- through, but preferably of somewhat smaller diameter than the apertures 5, the said openings registerin with the corresponding apertures. The innermost layer l is initially intact or devoid of openings v I in applying one or" my improved heels to a boot or shoe, several of the lifts of the ordinary leather heel are removed, the number being removed depending upon the desired hei ht of the completed cushion heel.

Manifest y, however, if the heel is embodied in the shoe or boot in the manufacture thereof, the heel will be initially formed with only one or two lifts next to the sole and the cushion heel of my invention at once applied. In the presentinstance I have shown the shoe as provided withv only one leather lift of the original heel, next to the sole. After my improved cushion heel is applied to the remaining portion of the original heei,, nails 7 are driven by a nail set or similar tool throne-h theapertures5 and openings 6 inward y so as to ass through the innermost layer 1 and the ifts or mam portion of the heel, as clearly shown, the

ports being preferably so roportioned that 7 the apertures 5 will readi y pass the heads of the nails, 'while the somewhat smaller Openings 6 will also perm-it the heads to'be forced therethrough and drivenup firmly against the outer face of the inner layer 1 in order to securely hold the layers 1, 2 and Ste the shoe. After-this operation has been erformed, it is obviousthat' the heel may e built up to the desired height by secxu' Lang one or more leather or similar lifts 8150* the outer layer 2,-as by nails 9..

It ES to be particularly noted that by the constructionand the 'arrangements of the; parts set forth in the foregoing descri tion and illustrated in the accompanymg rawings, I have, rovided a cushion heel. which will be durab e and 1011 lived, owing to the fact that the compressi 1e cushion or ruhher section 3 does not form -the tread surface of the heel, but that such surface is formed,

by one onmore leather lifts seeured" to the cushion portion ofthe heel on the outer side thereof." Itis also to be noted that there are no nietsllio nails, pegs or other.

, be readily secured in place and when once attached, as above described, will be firmly fastened to the sole of the shoe and be in nowise liable to tear away, the stitching 4 being atall times protected by the overlying lifts.

' It is to be understood that it is within thescope of my invention to cement the layers 1 and 2 and interposed cushion 3 to ether before stitching these parts, although t e in vention is in no sense limited to the use" of cement in this connection.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

The combination with the body portion of a shoe, of a cushion heel applied thereto, said heel consisting of an inner layer, an outer layer initially formed with perforations, and an interposed cushion, the cushion being formed with openings in registry with the perforations of the outer layer, but of relatively smaller diameter, stitching extending through the layers and interposed cushion,

headed fastening devices adapted to be driven through the outer layer and cushion into the innermost layer with the heads of said fastening devices abutting against the outermost face of said layer, lifts lyin against the outer face of the outer layer, an other fastening devices securing said lifts to said outer layer.

-In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN G. DAUBERT. \Vitnesses:

F. W. GRAF, R. F. Porn. 

